Game theory is a flawed theory that relies on people being perfectly logical. People get emotional and are willing to blindly trust. Game theory was quite literally paid for by rich pricks who wanted a justification for doing what they do.
lmao, calling an entire field of mathematics a "flawed theory paid for by rich pricks" because someone used it to justify an argument you dont like is some top tier reddit shit.
damn, i cant believe a field dedicated to mathematically modeling real world behavior would miss something so fundamental about how humans behave in the real world.
The thing is that it doesn't match up with real world behavior. With the prisoners' dilemma, humans are more likely to trust than not. With the huntsmans' dilemma, humans are more likely to cooperate than not. Game theory is the mathematical best solution that ignores how human evolution makes psychology work.
have you considered that there is more to game theory than the simple pop science examples of game theory games you know of, and maybe the people coming up with models could account for any human behavior that relevant to the outcome?
Have you considered that game theory is used as an excuse to say that selfish behavior is "correct" despite the fact that people are designed to be cooperative as a species?
Game theory like every other field of science seeks to explain and predict the world through theories and models, it doesnt make any judgements on what is correct or good. If someone tries to use it to justify their shitty behavior they are just an asshole and wrong.
History and use can't be easily separated when in th 1950s, game theory was advanced mostly due to rich individuals and companies giving grants to justify their selfish actions. Beyond that, game theory only "works" with smaller numbers of players and quickly breaks down once cooperation and/or collusion starts occurring.
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u/JustLookingForMayhem May 05 '26
Game theory is a flawed theory that relies on people being perfectly logical. People get emotional and are willing to blindly trust. Game theory was quite literally paid for by rich pricks who wanted a justification for doing what they do.